James Edward Slattery (August 25, 1904 in Buffalo, New York – August 30, 1960) was an American professional boxer in the light heavyweight (175 lb) division. He was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, Buffalo Veteran Boxers Association Ring #44 in 1997 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Jimmy Slattery
Born	James Edward Slattery 1904-08-25 Buffalo, NY
Died	August 30, 1960(1960-08-30) (aged 56)
Nationality	United States
Other names	Slats
Statistics
Weight(s)	Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight Light heavyweight
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	129
Wins	114
Wins by KO	49
Losses	13
No contests	2

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Alcoholism almost certainly shortened Slattery's life, career and marriage (he had famously eloped with 19-year-old Elizabeth A. Pendergast).^[1] In 1943, his second wife, Mildred, had him committed to the alcoholic ward at Bellevue Hospital.^[2] During the Great Depression, Slattery was known to throw money out of the window of his car while driving through the streets in order to help the poor children buy new shoes for school.^{[citation needed]} A play about Slattery's life, Jimmytown, written by Anthony Cardinale, was produced in Buffalo in 1997; Jimmy Slattery Place, in South Buffalo, was named in his honor in 2006. A diagnosis of tuberculosis significantly impacted his health during the last decades of his life. Slattery died of pulmonary tuberculosis on August 30, 1960, in Buffalo, New York. His former wife, Elizabeth Ann Burgess (née Pendergast) died in 1998; they had divorced in 1940.

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